Just a few days after the incident, Kumoti and his party who had left from Heicheng arrived.
It's not how fast the cavalry in this era is, but because the territory is too small.
When He Mulan recalled Mulan's memory, it only took less than two months from Tuoba Tao's expedition to the destruction of Rouran. In her mind, it seemed that there was not enough time for a march, but it really took her to measure the land with her feet. Later, I realized how I thought too much.
Pingcheng is in Datong, Shanxi, and Rouran is in Inner Mongolia. It is said that it has crossed the national border. In fact, it is only a few hours after the next generation. In this era of cavalry with one person and three horses, it is a few days of effort, including the army supplies, two. Yue broke through the whole Rouran, which was considered slow.
It was the same when Wei State destroyed Xia State. Pingcheng was in Shanxi, and Xia State was in Shaanxi.
It's just that a little chicken from the north has carved out sixteen kingdoms from the neck to the heart of the heart, and every country established by the Hu people is pitifully small. A country that can survive until this time, even though its territory has been huge after annexation, it is still far from the huge territory after the unification of later generations.
It's no wonder that He Mulan's impression of the "Northern Expedition" was that it would take several years of preparation and march for a few months before he could finally fight.
The land is big, there are many people, and there are many cities!
Across the north, where there have been many wars and turmoils, all cities except the capital are small towns. Outside the city, the land is vast and the people are sparsely populated. The cavalry runs like flying. 10,000, of which 30,000 are logistics personnel...
Thinking about it this way, the Northern Wei Dynasty now has a standing army of about 100,000 (excluding logistics), and Tuoba Tao is still preparing to build other troops such as the Tiger Ben Army and the Gao Che Army. In terms of the number of troops and the number of war horses, the world is already shocked. , the Quartet was horrified.
It's even more terrifying to be able to feed so many troops.
Kumoti and Helianding came to Chang'an on the front and back, and the people and officials in Chang'an were already a little impatient to greet them again and again, so they went out and arranged to welcome Kumoti and Helianding into the city on the same day.
Originally, Helianding just hid in Xingcheng, which is next to Chang'an. He should have come very quickly, but when Helianding knew that he was going to go back to Chang'an, he refused to go back as if he had lost the battle. He was stunned in Qinzhou. After some twists and turns, the emperor's guard of honor was prepared, and then he returned to Chang'an with Helian Zhishui and the Yulin army who came to greet him.
As a result, it was delayed for a long time.
Although Helianding's behavior may seem odd, politically speaking, what he did was not useless.
He has not yet returned to Wei State, and went to Pingcheng as the monarch of "Xia State" and "West Qin". Although most of the 3,000 cavalry died, the remaining ones are still the elite soldiers after hundreds of battles. General, even for the sake of the national body, they cannot let their fleshly bodies appear in front of people.
Second, he used to be "Pingyuan Gong", guarding the Pingyuan area, and Chang'an was his base camp.
He abandoned the city and left, and said that he would definitely come back - this time when he came back, it was naturally bright and fair.
But now he was ambushed and killed by the Qiang people, throwing away his armor and fled. The rare treasures that were originally collected from the Western Qin royal family's treasury to be presented as gifts to Tuoba Tao were also snatched by the Qiang king's troops. There is no lining and face left at all, and there is absolutely no meaning of "returning home" when I go back.
In view of the above reasons (which made He Mulan speechless), when Helianding and Tuobati, the king of Yingchuan, entered Chang'an, they seemed to be fighting each other.
"Pingyuan Public Security is good! Pingyuan Public Security is mighty!"
The people who learned that Helianding came to Chang'an and his former subordinates heard the news and knelt down outside Chang'an to greet him. Some elders of the Huns were even more excited and could not help themselves. They knelt down and kissed the land that Helianding's war horse stepped on.
In front of him are two hundred guards riding white war horses under the banner of "Helian". Everyone is dressed in bright silver armor, white horses and silver helmets. King style!
Helianding saw Chang'an's old friends coming to greet him, and the old man was holding the fresh water from the Wei River outside Chang'an City for him to drink.
"Father, now you are different from the past. You can't drink what others handed over. It's your son who drank this water for you."
Helian Zhishui was worried that someone would take the opportunity to poison him, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to pick up the big bowl in the old man's hand.
"How can someone else take over for this kind of thing?" Helianding rubbed his son's head, stretched out his hand and pushed him aside. "If I died at the hands of the person who greeted me, the people under that day would not laugh at me for being stupid, but spurn the person behind the scenes, not to mention, I know this old man..."
He squinted his eyes and said affirmatively, "When the Xia Kingdom was in chaos, I attacked Chang'an. It was you who took your clan and family members to deceive the city gate official and opened the north gate for me, right?"
Seeing that Helianding still remembered him, the old man couldn't help bursting into tears, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it's me! I can't think that His Highness still remembers me!"
The information in this era is blocked. They only know that Duke Pingyuan went to Xiqin to do a big thing, but they don't know that Helianding cut down all the Western Qin imperial family, and even occupied the land. Now they are going to Pingcheng to receive the conferring. officially attached.
But that doesn't interfere with their love for the hero. Now that the Xia Kingdom has been destroyed, it is hard to find a legendary prince like him among the many princes who have perished.
Helianding grabbed the crude pottery bowl and drank it, then handed the bowl to the old man: "I naturally remember you, without your help, I would have become a homeless and bereaved dog at that time. Your surname is Wu, Xiu Turen, right? I remember you, and I will never forget my friend!"
Helianding gave the old man a hug under the warm eyes of the crowd, and after three veneers, he turned on his horse again.
At this time, everyone's admiration and love for Helianding had reached a peak. The voice of Helianding shouted to the sky outside Chang'an City, almost causing the officials and generals in Chang'an who were ordered to come to greet Tuoba Ti to lose their heads. exploded...
If King Yingchuan came at this time, he would not know what to think when he saw this scene. Maybe he thought that the other party wanted to give him a slap in the face!
Is it the idea that came up with the person who has neither eyes nor brains? What about laboring the people and hurting the wealth and mobilizing the people, it's better to let them enter the city on the same day!
Does Chang'an lack this wealth? With so many people pouring into the city together, can Chang'an accommodate the crowd of so many people? Wouldn't it be worse if there was a stampede accident? !
"Ah!"
Holding a scepter at the forefront of the team, waiting to greet Helianding, he found that He Mulan, who had walked three miles away from Helianding for more than an hour and had not reached the city gate, sneezed inexplicably.
"Could it be that the general has a cold?"
Chen Jie looked up at the sun above his head.
"Strange, it's not cold today."
"Did Master get dust in his nose?" Gai Wu handed out a handkerchief: "Today the army is dispatched, and dust is thrown everywhere, and it is common for dust to enter his nose."
"It's weird, you won't get caught here if you have ashes." He Mulan took the veil and wiped the clear water, and asked Gai Wu next to him softly, "How much gold did you borrow?"
The poor Lu Shuihu people in Xingcheng could not wait to be pants. When Helian Ding hid in Xingcheng, he lived without a meal. When Helian Zhishui passed by, even tears fell.
—His wise and handsome old man has passed away like a beggar.
Helian Zhishui had never seen his father in such a state of misery, and Helian Ding had a poop face when he saw his appearance being seen by Yu Lin Jun and his son of Wei State.
Fortunately, Hua Mulan, the main ambassador, was not there, and the deputy ambassador, Bu Liugu, was a slick character. In addition, Helian Zhishui and Lu Shui and Hu Gaiting's sons went to pick him up, so his face was saved a little. No matter how twisted it was, I made a request directly...
He wanted to tidy up and clean himself up like a character before leaving.
Of course, this requirement is not excessive, but the difficulty is in Xingcheng. Apart from the fact that there is no shortage of horses, all armor and weapons are desperately lacking.
When they ran for their lives, in order to maintain the fastest horsepower, all the weights were lost, and now they have to pick them up again, where to pick them up
The cunning General Bu Liugu immediately expressed his urgency. He didn't have any belongings with him, so he couldn't buy anything, so he could lend him the things from the Yulin Army.
Helianding didn't do it either. After passing on the armor and clothing of the Yulin Army, it seemed that the group of them had become vassals of Wei, so Helianding had to figure out a way by himself.
The Lushuihu people have a typical character of "earning one piece and spending five yuan". If there are people in the whole Xingcheng who have good saving habits, they will not be so hungry that Helian Ding will not be able to feed them for many days. return.
So, ashamed that the Lushuihu people didn't take good care of their friends and even starved to death, Gaiwu generously expressed that he had 60 catties of gold on his body.
Fortunately, Gai Wu still has some brains. He didn't say that he would give the sixty catties of gold to him to buy equipment (if his father built the rooftop, he might have done it), but he faked a shot and said that the sixty catties of gold were Hua Mulan. If you lend him money to improve the lives of Lushuihu people, you can lend it to him first.
After all, Helian was very rich. He robbed the treasury of the Western Qin Dynasty, and now the troops in the Western Qin are guarding this wealth, not to mention sixty kilograms, he can still afford another sixty kilograms.
When the Qiang people stole Helianding's rare treasures, they were very happy and wanted to find a place to sell it. Helpless, Helianding, the common things like gold and silver, would not be a tribute to Tuoba Tao, so he brought rare treasures, and they all bore the mark of the Western Qin royal family. These things are too dazzling, and the Qiang people can't take advantage of the treasures and can only use their own gold.
This gold went round and round into the hands of He Mulan and the Qiang people. Once she was able to get so much gold, she had originally relied on the help of the Qiang people. They all needed pensions, so after He Mulan weighed it, he only took 20 catties of one hundred catties of gold, and the remaining 80 catties were given to Gai Wu.
After the discussion between Gaiwu and Lushuihu people, 20 kilograms of the gold was reserved as capital for a future comeback (are you sure?), and the rest was carried back to improve the lives of the clansmen and to care for the families of the deceased.
Helianding was also in awe when he heard the use of these golds. After taking them, he was sure that he would pay them back, and he would also offer interest, even the principal with interest.
However, just after Gai Wu received the huge sum of money, he sent it out because of "loyalty", and he felt a little lost and regretted, and he couldn't adjust it. So when I saw the master, I couldn't help but ask.
"Will it really be repaid?"
"He's so personable, does he still owe you money?"
He Mulan laughed, "Do you feel that you have lost all eighty pounds in a blink of an eye, and you feel uncomfortable? Then next time you act, you should remember not to overdo it with your blood. A gentleman is solid, and you must keep at least half of it!"
"Will it really be repaid?"
Don't look at the bright clothes he is wearing now, in fact, he is just like them in his pocket - no money!
"Don't worry about it, if he really owes you money and doesn't pay it back, Master will pay it back for you!"
That money was only earned by her escaping death!
"When the master said that, I felt relieved."
Gai Wu immediately smiled.
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Did she promise something amazing
The battle of Helianding's entrance into the city was overwhelming, and the officials were secretly anxious. As the head of the military officers who came to rescue Helianding, He Mulan followed Tuobasu to greet Helianding, who had already arrived at the city.
Helianding is now the lord of Western Qin, and Tuobasu is the city lord of Tongwancheng. It stands to reason that Tuobasu and He Mulan should dismount together to greet him, but Helianding's surrender this time is at most a prince, and Tuobasu this time. The clans were also on an equal footing, and Tuoba Su did not want to dismount.
He Mulan knew that Tuoba Su and Helianding had been fighting for many years, and was unwilling to admit defeat, but according to Tuoba Tao's idea, even if he came in person, he would dismount to meet Helianding, and in a hurry, he went down first. The horse, after bowing, made the appearance of King Changshan who was about to help him dismount.
But she was so strong that she couldn't reach out and put her hand in front of King Chang Shan's saddle, and he didn't see any movement from her. King Chang Shan got off the horse inexplicably.
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Now that he got off the horse, he couldn't make the move to climb up again, so he could only stare at He Mulan, coughed and squeezed a smile with her, and went to greet Helian.
He Mulan and Helianding had almost never had face-to-face contact, and he couldn't see his face clearly on the battlefield. Now that he saw him, he knew that the world praised Helianding for his unique appearance.
This man's eyes are long and narrow, but his face is a square face of the Huns, and the proportions of the bridge of the nose and the lips are very harmonious. With a pair of long and narrow eyes, he looks like a Han, or the kind with great prestige, and he also has nasolabial lines.
Tuobasu and Helianding were polite, and when he arrived at He Mulan, Helianding couldn't help but his eyes lit up and reached out to hold her hands.
"General Hua has been taking care of my family, I am really grateful..."
As he spoke, he exerted force with both hands, rather like the kind of action that military men usually secretly test others' abilities.
He Mulan was very suspicious in her heart. It was reasonable to say that she collected the body and took care of the Helian family. How could this person not make such a rude act...
Being squeezed by someone's hand and exerting force or something...
He Mulan was a little unhappy in her heart, so she pretended to be more enthusiastic, stretched out a hand, and put Helianding's hand back, it looked like a handshake.
"Your Majesty, I'm just acting according to His Majesty's will, I don't deserve your thanks..."
Call you hard! I don't need strength, you don't even know what strength is!
He Mulan's palm turned inward, and Helianding's face immediately flushed, and the tip of his nose was already sweating.
Fortunately, He Mulan was just giving a small response. She was about to withdraw her hand when she heard the sound of the horns. There was a deer flute chirping in the horns. It was obvious that a Tuoba Xianbei noble had arrived.
Tuobasu couldn't help showing a smile.
"This kid, he actually made such a big show..."
After the horn, eight knights in black fur cloaks raised their flags to clear the way, and another eight knights in white fur cloaks blew the horns. With the appearance of the flags and horns, the vibration of the earth became more and more obvious. Hundreds of white horses are nothing, but in an instant, a whole team (at least a thousand people) knights with black armor and black horses appeared in front of the people of Chang'an.
The Chang'an soldiers who came to greet Tuobati finally burst into tears, and they suddenly cried out.
"The Great General of Montenegro is mighty!"
Before the knight in black armor, Kumoti, who was dressed in the lion's night armor, rode a great horse of Dawan, who was riding the dark clouds and snow.
He Mulan was stunned to see such a windy scene, not even reacting to the palm that was still holding Helianding.
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The battle for face between men is really much more brutal than women's!